A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them.

In our fast-paced digital age, handwriting—a skill refined over 5,500 years of human history—is increasingly becoming a lost ...

Attention! All you older folks (like me) reading this who were taught penmanship in school! The National Archives needs you!!

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National Handwriting Day, celebrated on January 23rd, honors the artistry and personal touch of handwriting. Established in ...

“Reading cursive is a superpower,” Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, D.C.

The study ricocheted around the world. Almost 200 news stories promoted the idea that we remember things better when we write them down by hand instead of typing. It confirmed what many of us ...